The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-20
world and the new, show the metal to be I'M
rivaled as material for all kinds of bridges"
WILLIAM E. S. FALEs.
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.

WILLIAM H. -. TALES.
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
The Attractions of City That Will Outshine
London Paris.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK, March 19-"It is curious to no.
tice," said a well-known Wall-street banker. the
other day, chow mary Western men Of wealth
have within few years taken up their residence
in New York. There is no place like New York,
say what they will. It is destined to outshne
London or Paris In the next century it will
have population of 10000 900 or more. The
ladies have much to do with the hegira of West
ern millionaires to New York, and of well-known
men in professional life including, for instance,
ex- Governor Hoadly, of Ohio. who has come
here to practice law. The ladies go to Saratoga
or Newport in the summer, and meet New York
people Of wealth, who invite them to the city.
and once here they soon in the swirl of fash
ion They want the most recherche toilets. the
finest silks, the most expensive laces, and a
hundred other Injuries of dress. including name
less refinements of lingerie A month or two
of New York really settles the matter. They
are dissatisfied on returning home, and soon
they are again in New York. A brown-srone
mansion must be bought or it is hades on earth
for the ''old man." There must be horses and
carriages liveried coachmen and footmen in top
boots there must be balls and receptions, and
kettle-drums, and a round of revelrv until the
OLD man is half distracted. But what can he dos
He has millions, and has to pay the penalty. vi
course, there are good many Western million
aires who care next to nothing about New York,
| but the number of those who do care, or whose
families care, is increasing, and the fact IS lndls-
| putable that New York is not only the CONNER
| cial but the social capital of the Republic"
| John W. Mackav, the bonanza king, who once
| SWING pick in a mine, and who is now worth
| $40, 600, 600, alternates between New York and
| San Francisco. but his wife seems to care little
for New York, and lives most of the time in
Paris or London. In New York MIR. Mackay
can usually be found at the Nevada Bank. in
which he owns half the stock. James c. Flood,
another bonanza magnate. seldom comes
here He is President of the Nevada
and Mackay. and O'Brien were once liquor
sellers. is we'll known. None of them was
ever fitted for any social distinction, and the
| millions of the surviving two sit with no very
| great grace upon them, though they are es
| teemed for some solid traits OF character. Elk
keepers of rum holes. however, are hardly fitted
| to shine as bright stars in the armament of So
| ciety. All of these men set out from New York
| for the golden fields of adventure in California,
| but all were of Irish BIRTH as was, also, James
| G. Fair, the other bonanza king, who seems to
have proved himself the ablest of the four as
| we'll as the best educated. It is curious fact
that four poor and friendless Irishmen captured
| the lions shares of the two hundred millions
| taken from famous mines of the Comstock lode
| Mackay is the only one who has become more OF
less known socially in New York He feels the
deficiencies of education, and does not aspire te
| social prominence. There are many men here
who won fortunes in the West, though they were
born at the East c. P. Huntington has lived
here for many years. He IS worth $780,
100000, and lives in fine. style or
Park avenue. His social standing is mo-
high. He is of rugged nature. natura
| leader. and in his sixty-ffth year. EngrosseG
in great enterprises, he cares little or nothing
for society. Senator Leland Stanford comes
here quite frequently. he is worth $40, 000. 009
even after setting aside So OOo 600 for an indus
trial university his six-thousand-acre ranch
in California. He has some fine traits. No more
beneicent plan could have occurred to any mar
of liberal views for disposng of fortune for tn,
benefit of others than the Stanford College fol-
Practical Education In some other respects ht
seems to be devoid of all moral AS pres
ident of the Central Pacific Railroad Company
he stirred up a cloud of suspicion concerning
special legislation at Washington. He will prob
ably never feel the grip of the penal law. bu
| the question arises: SIS he morally much bette
than Jake SHARPE" Charles Croker live
here. He is second vice-president of tn
the Central Pacific road, and is worth te,
of fifteen millions. He is now about sixty five
He is a native OF Ohio, and went to Sacrament,
| in the early days of the mining excitement
Once upon time he was blacksmith, and uset
|
sounding forge. Railroads gave him his millions
d. 0. Mills, who made most of his fortune il
California, has lived here for about fifteen years
He used to drive hack in small town up tn
Hudson river. He went West and became asso
ciated with William G. Ralston, that financial
meteor of California, in the organization of tn
; California Bank, which was to come down wit
a crash and drive Ralston to suicides death
Soon after coming to New York Mr.. Mills wa
advised by William II. Vanderbilt to buy LAX
Shore. He did so, and made nearly S., 900 00C
with which he erected the Mills Building H
made his money in railroads, mining and banks
Senator John P. Jones. of Nevada is often seen i
New York. He made five six millions in Cal
ifornia Mines and lost it trying to become
railroad magnate. John W. Mackay has helpe
him. and it is understood that he has got on hi
feet again largely through mining speculations
He is an Engshman, fifty eight years OF age
and by nature, perhaps, more of a political
than business man. His term in the Unite
States Senate will not expire till 1891. Anon
the Californians more less successful, VIII
have settled here in recent years. are Williar
Lent, Eugene Dewey James r. Keene, Hal
pending, H. c. Logan, Henry Rosener. John W
Shaw, Josiah Belden. Frank Corcoran. ..
Verdenal. George d. Robertson, Glenn Uhler /.
Fl. Williams. all of whom have had an nteres
ing career Of excitements Of speculation, whe
everybody, from boot blacks and servant girl
|. upward. specuated in mining shares and
grim days in new mining towns with their say
age appetite for blood and 'man for breal
| fast" OSCAR WILLOUGHBY RIGGS
JUSTTN FULTON'S MISSION